Tiger Global’s Chase Coleman is one of the more successful tiger cubs. Coleman’s Tiger Global has nearly $5 Billion under management and achieved an average 21% return per year since 2001. During the first nine months of 2010 Tiger Global’s flagship fund returned 64%. We analyzed the returns of his top 10 positions in his 13F last month. These stocks returned around 5% during the last quarter of 2010. As a result, we can say that Coleman returned at least 70% in 2010 and became one of the best performing hedge funds in 2010.
Coleman is one of the early investors of Facebook, and his share of the company gained more than $1 Billion during the past couple of years. His other private investments include China’s largest online video company Youku.com (YOKU), E-Commerce China DangDang Inc (DANG), Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies, and LinkedIn, a networking website for professionals. LinkedIn already filed to go public in 2011.
In the fourth quarter, Coleman initiated 4 brand new positions: Visa (V), Ctrip (CTRP), Baidu (BIDU), and Liberty Global (LBTYK). Fellow tiger cub Steven Mandel’s Lone Pine is the only other hedge fund we follow which has Ctrip in its portfolio. Tiger Global also increased its positions in 10 other companies. Here’s how they performed:
| Company | Ticker | Return | Value (Million) |
| VISA INC | V | 5.0% | 144 |
| CTRIP COM INTL LTD | CTRP | -5.3% | 53 |
| BAIDU INC | BIDU | 24.6% | 53 |
| LIBERTY GLOBAL INC | LBTYK | 15.5% | 38 |
| LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN | LYV | -5.8% | 136 |
| DUOYUAN GLOBAL WTR INC | DGW | -26.8% | 15 |
| LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW | LCAPA | 10.2% | 223 |
| MASTERCARD INC | MA | 10.5% | 158 |
| SEARS HLDGS CORP | SHLD | 22.3% | 18 |
| LIBERTY GLOBAL INC | LBTYA | 16.2% | 236 |
| AMAZON COM INC | AMZN | 0.2% | 180 |
| LONGTOP FINL TECHNOLOGIES LT | LFT | -13.7% | 94 |
| ELECTRONIC ARTS INC | ERTS | 15.2% | 131 |
| XEROX CORP | XRX | -5.6% | 109 |
The weighted average return for Chase Coleman’s favorite stocks is 5.9% since the end of December, vs. SPY’s 4.8% return. In addition to his brand new $144 Million Visa position, Chase Coleman increased his Mastercard (MA) holdings by almost 30%. Stephen Mandel’s Lone Pine, John Burbank’s Passport Capital, and Richard Perry’s Perry Capital are Mastercard investors too. Amazon is another stock that’s extremely popular among Tiger cubs. John Griffin’s Blue Ridge Capital, Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global, Bill Miller’s Legg Mason, and Roberto Mignone’s Bridger Management haveAmazon in their portfolios. Another Tiger cub investment was Longtop Financial (LFT). Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital and Lone Pine are the other hedge funds with LFT positions. Finally, Electronic Arts (ERTS) is a Tiger favorite Chase Coleman bought more of. Jonathan Auerbach’s Hound Partners, Bridger Management, Blue Ridge Capital, and Lone Pine are the other Tiger cubs with this position.
The rest of Coleman’s portfolio performed slightly better. Coleman had only 29 stocks in his 13F portfolio at the end of December. Here is how they performed since the end of December:
| Company | Ticker | Return | Value (Million) |
| APPLE INC | AAPL | 5.0% | 365 |
| VIACOM INC NEW | VIA | 10.1% | 295 |
| DIRECTV | DTV | 10.8% | 253 |
| LIBERTY GLOBAL INC | LBTYA | 16.2% | 236 |
| LIBERTY MEDIA CORP NEW | LCAPA | 10.2% | 223 |
| MERCADOLIBRE INC | MELI | 3.3% | 218 |
| CABLEVISION SYS CORP | CVC | 8.7% | 213 |
| PRICELINE COM INC | PCLN | 8.6% | 182 |
| AMAZON COM INC | AMZN | 0.2% | 180 |
| MASTERCARD INC | MA | 10.5% | 158 |
| DISCOVERY COMMUNICATNS NEW | DISCK | 4.5% | 147 |
| VISA INC | V | 5.0% | 144 |
| LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN | LYV | -5.8% | 136 |
| ELECTRONIC ARTS INC | ERTS | 15.2% | 231 |
| MAKEMYTRIP LIMITED MAURITIUS | MMYT | -5.3% | 112 |
| XEROX CORP | XRX | -5.6% | 109 |
| TRANSDIGM GROUP INC | TDG | 12.1% | 97 |
| LONGTOP FINL TECHNOLOGIES LT | LFT | -13.7% | 94 |
| GENPACT LIMITED | G | -7.9% | 64 |
| CTRIP COM INTL LTD | CTRP | -5.3% | 53 |
| BAIDU INC | BIDU | 24.6% | 53 |
| LIBERTY GLOBAL INC | LBTYK | 15.5% | 38 |
| COMPANIA CERVECERIAS UNIDAS | CCU | -10.4% | 30 |
| IAC INTERACTIVECORP | IACI | 8.6% | 27 |
| SEARS HLDGS CORP | SHLD | 22.3% | 18 |
| DUOYUAN GLOBAL WTR INC | DGW | -26.8% | 15 |
| COMMSCOPE INC | CTV | 0.8% | 11 |
| POWER ONE INC NEW | PWER | -9.4% | 9 |
| RUBICON TECHNOLOGY INC | RBCN | 8.4% | 4 |
Coleman really likes media and entertainment stocks. He also likes payment services stocks such as Visa, Mastercard, and MercadoLibre. His 13F portfolio returned 6.3% since the end of December, beating the SPY by 1.5 percentage points. Interestingly, during the fourth quarter Coleman sold all his holdings in 5 stocks: APOL, CISG, GDOT, LMT, and NKE. These stocks had a weighted average return of 13.8% so far this year, vs. SPY’s 4.8% return.
